SMEs
SMEs are lifeline to country's economy: Tipu Munshi
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Wednesday said SMEs are the lifeline to the economy as its contribution to the country's GDP is about 26 percent.
Financial inclusion of small businesses: Uttaron SME card launched
Uttaron SME card has been launched to ease the small businesses and startups’ access to mainstream investment and finance.
The stress of starting a startup: 'Funding remains the biggest challenge'
For startups in Bangladesh, the biggest challenge is one -- funds, according to Md Humayun Kabir, the inventor of Laaibah Ruti Maker.
'Syndicates take advantage of data scarcity to raise prices': SANEM
The Executive Director of the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) Dr Selim Raihan on Saturday urged the government agencies to monitor the essentials market throughout the year, coordinating among the concerned departments and resolving data scarcity to control the market.
Raise threshold for financial reporting of SMEs: DCCI
DCCI President Shams Mahmud has urged the newly appointed Chairman of Bangladesh's Financial Reporting Council (FRC), Dr Md Hamid Ullah Bhuiyan, to raise the threshold limit for financial reporting to such an extent so that the SMEs do not default on compliance norms.
Shams has also sought active cooperation from FRC to facilitate the country’s SME sector to be more competitive in the global market. On his part, Dr Md Hamid has assured to look into the issues and also promised to try to accommodate the requests "as much as poss
GP partners with Prime Bank to empower SMEs
Prime Bank Limited and Grameenphone recently partnered to enable Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with financial and connectivity solutions with an ambition to empower and provide support to accelerate its growth.
Speakers urge for simplifying process of stimulus fund disbursement to SMEs
Speakers at the DCCI webinar on Wednesday urged the authorities concerned to simplify the documentation process for the speedy disbursement of stimulus fund to the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) to offset the COVID-19 impacts.
PM for research to boost SME sector
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday put immense importance to research on demand, production and marketing to flourish small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of the country.
SMEs should get single-digit lending facility: DCCI
President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Shams Mahmud on Monday urged the government to bring the SME sector under the single-digit lending facility for the sake of speedy industrialisation and investment.